‘Weird few months’: Danish royals affair rumour ‘threw a spanner in the works’

News.com.au Royal Reporter Bronte Coy says it has been a “weird few months” for the Danish royal family because of rumours of an affair which “threw a spanner in the works”. Some royal experts have suggested Queen Margrethe abdicated to fast-track Crown Prince Frederik’s ascension to the throne to keep his marriage to Princess Mary intact amid affairs of a rumour. “It’s certainly interesting timing,” Ms Coy told Sky News Australia host Caroline Di Russo. “It’s been a weird few months for the royals who are, traditionally, extremely popular – people love Mary and Frederick, and they view theirs as this fairytale marriage. “When rumours surfaced a few months ago that Frederick was potentially allegedly having an affair, something which has been denied by the woman that was named at the centre of it, it really kind of threw a spanner in the works for the family. “The fact that this has come after the Queen has been on the throne for more than half a century … it does send a message of family unity, seeing Prince Frederik and Princess Mary step up to the plate now and have that bestowed upon them by the outgoing Queen. “That will certainly help their image, [but] it will also add further scrutiny.”